Tag: The Bard

From Bard to verse – this week long celebration of Robert Burns is simply brilliant

Edinburgh has a new festival - and it's a braw addition to the city's cultural offering IT IS oddly surreal, almost up there with...

THEATRE – (not so) Shitfaced Shakespeare

“It’s much better shitfaced, don’t you think?” I’m not convinced. Five classically trained Shakespearean actors, one of whom had supposedly drunk ¾ of a...

Letter penned by Robert Burns discovered at Scottish castle

AN unpublished letter written by poet Robert Burns more than 200 years ago has been discovered at a Scottish Castle. The letter – which contains...

New Robert Burns museum features cast of Bard’s skull

By Oliver Farrimond A NEW £21 million museum celebrating the life of Robert Burns is set to open in Alloway on 1 December this year. The...

Alex Salmond launches world’s largest collection of whisky

By Oliver Farrimond THE WORLD’S largest collection of Scottish whiskies was officially unveiled in Edinburgh yesterday by First Minister Alex Salmond. Visitors will be able to...

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